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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. WILLIAMSON, OF JAMAICA, NEW YORK.

COMBINED LUBRICAT I'NG AND COOLING COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,067, dated May 22,1883.

' I Applicationfiled February 26,1883. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN W. WILLIAMSON,

V a citizen of the United States,residing at Japlumbagoorsimilarsubstances.

. specification.

lar purposes; and it consists, essentially, of a mixture of animal orvegetable oil, or both, with a mineral oil combined with a solution ofcaustic soda or similar substance and talc and I havefound the compoundresulting from the mixture of these substances forms a superior combinedlubricant and cooler, which can be applied to all the purposes adapted.

I prefer to make my said compound in quantities of about twenty-fivehundred pounds, and to make such quantity I take two hundred pounds ofmelted tallow and one thoufor which lubricants are sand pounds of anysuitable mineral oil and mix them thoroughly together, and in themixture put about one hundred and twenty-eight pounds of a solution ofcaustic soda. To this I add about eleven hundred and fifty pounds oftalc and about thirty pounds of plumbago, andmixthewholethoroughlytogether. When thus compounded the mixture, it notabsolutely smooth, should be rendered so by passing it through a mill.In making a greater or less quantity the quantities of these severalingredients and substances mustof course be varied, about the samerelative proportions, however, being observed between them, though I donot intend to confine myself strictly to the quantities or portions ofsuch ingredients or substances.

' Instead of melted tallow,any animal or vegetable oil, grease, or fat,or a mixture of the same, may be used, and equivalents may also be usedfor the substances-caustic soda, talc, and plumbago though I prefer thespecific substances I am aware of the patents to Mandel, No. 157,848,December 15, 1874; Minzer, No. 198,664, December 25, 1877; Hamill, No.38,822, June 29, 1863; and Millschaw, No. 115,342, May 30, 1871-oils,fats, and glue, their composition, combination, and arrangement of theirrespective parts-and I therefore do not claim, broadly, the same; but

What I do claim is- The combination of melted tallow, mineral oil,caustic soda,talc, andplumbago, in the proportion set forth, compoundedand treated substantially in the manner described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day ofFebruary, 1883.

JNO. W. WILLIAMSON.

In presence of'- CHARLES, G. 00E, J AS. J. CAMPBELL.

